Good early morning GH. It is just past 3:30 a.m in "The City." We have a current temperature of 47° according to the analog weather instruments that I see in the Weather Window. According to the National Weather Service, today's high temperature will be 62° under sunny skies. Wednesday holds the promise of 64°, albeit with a 30% chance of T-storms and stiff winds. Thursday we may see 68°, but the chance of T-storms increases to 40%. Since we live near the "Big Lake," our temperatures will be cooler than those in GR, which is about 35 miles west.

According to one of the meteorologists at a pair of media stations in GR, the temperatures there will be several degrees warmer. For no particular reason, I want to point out that this particular meteorologist could star in the Hoss Cartwright Story, because he so closely resembles the late Dan Blocker Blocker starred as Hoss Cartwright on the sixties television series Bonanza. I am pretty certain that this man has heard that before.

It worked out well that Sugar the Weather Dog and I had our veterinarian's appointment on Monday morning. No rain fell on us and we got good news while at the veterinarians. Sugar's girlish figure is doing fine with a weight of 33.7 lbs. Our entire appointment took about 20 minutes. On the way over, Mary came along so that she could stop off at the local big box office supply store to get something for me.

For years, I have thought about reorganizing my printed music into a more manageable order. While lying in bed yesterday morning, I asked if organizing the music by artist, or alphabetically was a good idea. Naturally, Mary's indexer mind kicked in and she offered several options. Finally, when I asked about using dividers, she mentioned that alphabetical dividers were available. I could have ordered them from the national office/everything supply company. Instead, Mary offered that she wanted to get out for a walk to clear her mind and volunteered to walk part way with me and the intrepid Weather Dog.

At the appointed time we set out. Getting across a very busy Beacon Blvd. proved to be difficult, but we made it. Sugar and I went on to the veterinarian and Mary went to the office supply store. When Sugar and I got back, Mary had gone out again to drop off some library books that were due. The alphabetic dividers had been purchased and so I was set to work.

It took me several hours to sort the music and then set up the binders. I actually stopped part way through, at Mary's insistence. She knew I needed to get out of the chair I had been sitting in, and so Sugar and I took a walk to the local independent bookseller for a newspaper. Along the way, Sugar and I met the only aggressive Great Dane I have ever seen. Sugar, who never runs from a confrontation, was ready to mix it up with a dog five times her size and weight. I believe that the dog's human was no larger than the dog. I had to pull Sugar back and get the guy to move. Once we got underway again, the rest was easy.

I got back, finished my organizing task, and then printed out the labels for the covers of the binders. I no long need an index. Instead, I can now add new music just by placing it in the appropriate spot in the alphabetic system. Much simpler. My thanks to Mary for her assistance. She asked at one point how long I had been thinking abut doing this task. I told her for years, I just felt daunted by the job. Now it is on my "To done" list.

In sports, the boys in blue found another way to lose a game, this time 1 - 3, to that other team from Chicago. Now they are at 11 - 19. The Tigers continued their winning ways, going to 18 - 9, as they won their 7th in a row, this time over the Astros 2 - 0. My beloved Red Sox had the day off, so they couldn't fall any farther behind than two games, at 15 - 17. The Caps are doing great and their record is 18 - 13, just one-half game back of the league leading Dayton Dragons. The Caps won 4 - 3 over the Lake County, IN Captains.

No trains did I hear, but I was sound asleep. In spite of Mary's certainty, when I drink caffeine laden drinks before bed, I fall soundly asleep, and that's just what I did. There maybe a northbound run, but that remains to be seen/heard.

The sun will rise today at 6: 32 a.m. and set at 8:48 p.m. Sugar and I may get some additional time in the "Bone Zone" today. However, my recent success at music organization has spurred me to do some work on my music stand in the man cave. As a result, Sugar and I will wait to get to the "Bone Zone" until I'm done with that. Nothing fancy on the stand, but once you get on a roll, you just want to do those things that you have been putting off. Besides, the outdoor temperature won't be conducive to sitting outdoors until this afternoon.

Ciao.